How Does Context Affect Assessments of Facial Emotion? The Role of Culture and Age

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 48-59

  Ko, Seon Gyu ^a   Lee, Tae Ho ^b   Yoon, Hyea Young ^c   Kwon, Jung Hye ^c   Mather, Mara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Korea Military Academy   (South Korea)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aging; Asian vs. Western culture; Context memory; Emotion recognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; KOREA; MALE; PERCEPTION; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CULTURE; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MALE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953146299     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020222     Document Type: Article

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